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DC Police Investigating NBC’s David Gregory for Possible Gun Law Violation

Dec. 25, 2012 6:29pm Glenn Hall

Police in Washington DC are investigating whether NBC’s David Gregory violated the city’s gun law when he held up a high-capacity magazine for ammunition during Sunday’s episode of Meet the Press.

D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier confirmed to Breitbart that her department is “investigating the incident to determine if the magazine was in fact real.”

In D.C., it is illegal to possess “any large capacity ammunition feeding device regardless of whether the device is attached to a firearm.” NBC’s Meet the Press is usually taped in DC.

NBCs David Gregory Investigated by Police for Possible DC Gun Law Violation

NBC’s David Gregory held up a magazine for ammunition on Sunday’s “Meet the Press.” (Image source: NBC)

Gregory pulled out the magazine while interviewing National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre about gun legislation following the Dec. 14 elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

A petition to “press charges against David Gregory for possession of a 30-round, high capacity assault rifle magazine in Washington D.C.” was submitted to the White House and currently has more than 6,000 signatures. If 25,000 signatures are received by Jan. 22, 2013, then the White House will be required to respond.

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Parnell3rd
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 11:41pm
Investigate? How much evidence does the stupidly acting police need? If it was you or I or any other minority we’d already be in jail for the holiday’s!

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- MisterSarcastic
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:14am
  If they did just go in and slap the cuffs on him and then found out it was just a blank shaped to look like a mag you’d b itch about the cops for that.
  
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- Becks_Art_Obama_In_PeePee
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 3:47am
  Another Obama-media-propagandist Liberal “hoisted by his own petard” … as Adam West might say!
  http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/5100000/Batman-Adam-West-batman-5193248-1024-768.jpg
  
  But, really, let’s fight for this Liberal’s U.S. Constitutional right to not only “possess any large capacity ammunition feeding device regardless of whether the device is attached to a firearm” without the “approval” of any government agency, but to possess that firearm AS WELL !!
  
  BTW …
  @MisterSarcastic – “If they … found out it was just a blank shaped to look like a mag you’d bitch about the cops for that.”
  LOL! MisterSarcastic! If December 2012′s “Mayan end of the world” came, you would no longer be MisterSarcastic. :D
  
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- MisterSarcastic
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 5:53am
  If bullfrogs carried sawed off shotguns you wouldn’t see frogs legs on the menu. What’s your point?
  
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- Cagey59
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:40am
  What does minotity have to do with this story?
  
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- its_time_to_arrest_our_government
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 8:52am
  i hope hes charged and loses his job too. liberals never think the law apply’s to them. its about time one of them got bitten by this lame law.
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 8:57am
  A liberal in a liberal city what do you expect?
  Altough the law it’s self is absolutly rediculous it is the law that you or I would be thrown in jail for, NO QUESTION.
  It is a mag!
  
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- jcldwl
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 9:55am
  I don’t support the stupidity of the law he violated by being in possession of a harmless piece of metal so I will not spout about what penalty he should receive. Those of you who are doing that and don’t want laws like that to stop you from owning a 30 rd magazine are being just as hypocritical as he is by his possessing something he doesn’t want us to have. Think about it.
  
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- rangerskippy
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:21am
  Remember, the murder rate is six per 100,000 per year, and the aggravated assault rate is four per 1,000 per year. What this means is that the vast majority of Americans are not inclined to hurt one another.
  
  Time an again, we see wicked monsters like this who do the killing. The ******** will in turn, clamor about taking guns (or magazines) away from the law abiding. Check the backgrounds of all these recent shooters, and you see them being heavily tied to violent video games, mental instability, and a school system that no longer teaches right from wrong, but embraces humanism (if it feels good do it)
  
  In a short while, Glennda, Encinom, Publius pencil, VotenBush, and other liberal idiots will get one here, and cry out for guns to be taken.
  
  None will talk of removing the ten commandments from public school, violetn video gams, abortion, rap music, black on black violence that now makes up 50% of our murder rate…..
  
  They will flap their jaws about taking guns away from citizens, ignoring our Bill of Rights, and ignoring facts, history, and statistics.
  
  read the following study from Harvard and enlighten yourself to the reality that getting rid of guns means more crime, not less.
  
  http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf
  
  After you read it, come back and debate the topic.,
  
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- rangerskippy
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:24am
  The MSM never even proved that the recent shooter used high capacity mags. As a matter of fact, for the first three days, we were told that he used two pistols, and that an AR was found in the back seat of his car? Then the coroner declared all wounds to have been made by a rifle.
  
  Why has the MSM not researched this, done interviews to find out what story is true?
  
  The MSM is not concerned with truth, they are the mouthpiece for Obama and socialists, and they desire to disarm the public. you can not take the Bible, until your first take the guns.
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:47am
  Beside the fact I can’t stand that hateful, sarcastic, liberal lover Gregory, he should be treated as any other person who is breaking the law (as stupid as it is) This man uses everyone and acts so holier than thou and I turn him off any time he comes on TV. Get Conservative thinking or get LOST forever.
  
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- edcoil
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:28pm
  Guy wants laws against 300 million Americans to NOT apply to him. but since they are already illegal in DC, why does he want another law.
  
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- Maji
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:39pm
  Wait…Brian Ross did a quick search
  and found a “david gregory”(aka Toad-fraud) that is a tea party member!!
  
  Put him in jail!
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:46pm
  Okay, I was giving Gregory the benefit of the doubt that he simply made a mistake by taking this magazine into his DC located studio. Now, I have just learned that he made the DC cops aware and was actually warned that even he would be breaking the law to appear with that magazine. So be it, investigate and charge the fool.
  
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- Yeah_Buddy
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:18pm
  HAHA…DC police won’t do anything. He probably takes larger capacity items up his rear end daily.
  
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- JohnTwoFeathers
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:45pm
  The proof is in the interview and his own statement. Yes that is a clip for an AR. All Marines recognize the tools they used in training and combat. Even though he flaunted it in the D.C. polices face nothing will happen. These laws do not pertain to O’ blablas people.
  
  Semper Fi
  
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Parnell3rd
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 11:39pm
Investigate? He broke the law, he should be arrested like a normal person would be. What more evidence does the stupidly acting police need?

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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:14am
  Fact is the law is stupid, unjust and unconstitutional. The only reason to prosecute this turd, is to demonstrate the unfairness and idiocy in the law.
  
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- MisterSarcastic
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:19am
  You seem to have definitive proof that it was a real mag. I’m curious as to how you came across this tidbit of evidence.
  
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- KoolAidDrinker
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:49am
  1. David Gregory committed a felony by knowingly possessing a high capacity magazine in the city of Washington, arrest him now.
  2. This mad man has regular access to the POTUS, who knows what he is capable; and, . He is obviously a threat to himself and society, arrest him now.
  3. He used the First Amendment of the US to show his contempt for the Second Amendment, arrest him now.
  4. Additionally, I can’t stand this guy. I don’t know what it is about him, but he was probably the preppy type in HS, arrest him now.
  5. I have to turn the channel on the TV every time he is on, so I missed Wayne LaPiere’s comments, arrest him now.
  
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- KoolAidDrinker
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:52am
  Interesting how thee law did not prevent him from this high crime. Hmmmmmm!
  
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- Shellback
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 9:51am
  If he was a conservative he would already be in jail. No “ifs” “ands” or “buts” about the situation.
  DG makes my skin crawl.
  
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- encinom
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:20am
  Look at the gun nuts whine. Afraid that the adults are coming ot take away their toys they are swinging at everyone. the fact is the NRA is drowning the nation in the blood of gun victims. The NRA cares little about Americans and instead want the gun makers dollars in their pants. While Gun Nuts need a piece of steel to supplement their small manhood.
  
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- rangerskippy
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:02pm
  ENCINOM
  
  your comment – “the NRA is drowning the nation in the blood of gun victims”
  
  Show me one crime in the US, were the shooter was an NRA member? How about a 4H shooter, CMP shooter?
  
  Blacks make up 12.5% of the population, but do half of the nations murders. If we lowered black murder rates to the same as whites, then we would lower the nations murder rate by almost 40% and save a whole lot of black lives.
  
  Why will you not discuss black on black violence?
  
  Let us talk about Kevin Jennings????
  
  Jennings was Obama’s pick for safe school czar. His claim to fame is teaching homosexuality to school age children. How well did that work out? Did it stop any school violence?
  
  America owns 88 guns per 100 citizens, but there are 25 nations in the world with higher murder stats.
  
  Honduras owns 6.6 guns per 100 citizens but has the highest murder rates in the world.
  
  Keep it real, because if you will not, then I will.
  
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- snyper99
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:26pm
  if you rob a store with a fake gun,you still get 20 yrs
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:21pm
  encinom
  
  Not to make lite of or diminish the deaths of those people by a nut, who fortunately did not go in with Molotov cocktails which could have been much more devastating.
  Tell me as a bleeding heart liberal with all your clichés, how many innocent children were killed by abortion on that day? Lets just say late term – you know the ones born alive and have a scissors stuck in their head or just left to die? What about that you hypocritical JERK?
  You always have a lot of mouth and say nothing.
  I hope this idiot goes to jail and meets bubba.
  The law is stupid, but he knew it and decided he was of the ruling class and did it any way
  
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- Gorp
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 4:48pm
  Hi SHELLBACK: Me too. U.S.S. Boston CA-69 or CAG-1, it had both designations, 1965-1969 GMG-3 Turret Two 8″-55 Center Gun Captain. We had the chance to go to Australia but the vote went for going home early. We did dip below the Equator in order to get the Shellback badge. The initiation was “lots of fun” too but worth it.
  
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taintso
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 11:09pm
It is the nut jobs that cause the gun problems not the gun or the magazine. And there for the whole world to see is a nut job willfully in violation of DC law, and spewing false information to harm the law biding gun owners and nothing is done about it.
Why push for more laws when you don’t enforce the ones you have.

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OHN
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 11:02pm
If he work at FOX. he would be in JAIL!!!! IF HE WORK AT FOX NEWS NE DONE BE IN JAIL!!!!!!!!!!

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Proud Stray Dog
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 10:56pm
NBC would freak in my area. The local shop gets those USGI mags by the 55 gallon drum full, and don’t gouge the locals on the price. Went by there before Christmas, and they had 60 round Surefire Mags in stock. Here, we don’t promote gun ownership, we encourage it.

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AtTheReady
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 10:44pm
This just PROVES that gun laws don’t work – heck, even the MEDIA doesn’t obey them. :P

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- TruthTalker
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 10:59pm
  Drop it, I am tired of wasting taxpayer money on investigating and prosecuting non-events. So what if he had a clip that is not blessed by the local government? I am pretty sure no one was murdered.
  
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- taintso
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 11:51pm
  @truthie Selective enforcement and prosecution we know who you voted for!
  
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- Gorp
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:03am
  And it isn’t a clip it’s a magazine!
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 4:04pm
  TruthTalker
  
  As I see it there were 4 shootings in DC over the weekend and he had a illegal weapon of mass destruction in an area that bans them, he is responsible. (he wants banned what is banned and he illegally had in his possession those laws do a lot don’t they)
  He proved to the world he had the means.
  
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SidneyDave
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 10:16pm
You can bet that if Wayne LaPierre was showing a 30 round magazine he would have spent Christmas in jail. Laws only apply to any of Obama’s opposition.

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BruceHenry
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 10:04pm
Look, I don’t like this guy either. But this law is ridiculous and he shouldn’t be prosecuted ant more that anyone else. What a waist of time, effort and money!

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- djeffcoat
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 10:20pm
  Spell-checker! Waist? Waste!
  
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- JediKnight
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 9:32am
  Spellchecker won’t help. The word is spelled correctly. How about just some proper grammar usage instead?
  
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Chromo200
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 9:52pm
Gregory will go to “court” say I am sorry and be fined a small amount and it will all be forgotten. The elite liberals don’t go to jail .. They just say “sorry” and they are forgiven.

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Atomic
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 9:21pm
Anyone else would ALREADY be in trouble… He is a privileged rich liberal, who’s kids go to a school that employes 11 ARMED SECURITY GUARDS. By the way, obamas kids go to that same school. YES, their kids are more important.

I think the DC gun laws are unconstitutional, un-American and crazy. I would usually have an opinion of letting the person slide as they have zero ill intentions, but in this case, Dick should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law since he so wholeheartedly believe in such idiocy.

His back peddling on the issue, now that HE is in the cross hairs, should be CLASSIC “LIBERAL”!!! Their laws are good for everyone EXCEPT THEM.

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- RedHarley
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 9:30pm
  NBC’s lawyers are already looking over the tape figuring out a way to claim that the magazine was “disabled” before Gregory displayed it. They will find something that cannot be challenged because that part of the magazine was not shown. The DC police will play along and all will be forgotten and forgiven.
  Mr. LaPierre should have been ready for this, as well as pointing out that David Gregory’s kids go to a school with armed guards (Sidwell Friends) These guards are in addition to the Secret Service, who are carrying AUTOMATIC weapons to protect the Obama’s kids.
  
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- 1TrueOne55
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 11:31pm
  Maybe the Secret Service should offer to go unarmed to the Gun Free Zone or tell the Obama’s that their kids pose a real risk to the other kids attending Sidwell Friends now that they have killed bin Laden. The school is now considered a killing zone by terrorists and they are considering an attack at any moment… That is the thinking of the liberal elite that the potential “RISK” of citizens owning firearms is to great a burden for the current society to bear. Since most of the country is uneducated. Since they just refuse to close the borders.
  
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bhosux
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 9:08pm
He’ll be fine. No limp skcid law enforcement would ever hurt the Obama media. Let’s press on with the real world. Move along, nothing to see citizens..

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dadsrootbeer
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:53pm
Does anyone actually believe Obammy and Holder would let anything happen to the National Barack Channel (NBC).

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- truthnstuff
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 9:48pm
  They will do nothing and they will make fools of all who expect them to. Liberals are lawless bunch and the courts support them.
  
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ALISSTER
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:49pm
Investigate? He’s on national tv waiving a DC banned 30 roung mag around. Wayne should have called him out on it. That would have been classic.

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Doug
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:37pm
I signed the petition.

Time to take a stand.

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SmellyDog
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 7:44pm
C’mon people. A man of his stature and influence is far more responsible to possess these kind of magazines than all of the law abiding,trained, and qualified gun owners. Those little felonious laws are for you and me!

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LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 7:11pm
Come on people, we all know that rules apply to everyone…… except liberals

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- rickc34
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:42pm
  Throw his **** in jail with a big liberal gay guy for a cell mate.
  
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- KeystoneState
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:49pm
  David Gregory, under the “2nd Amendment as written” did nothing wrong. However, under the unconstitutional laws he supports, lets see if he uses those rights he says the rest of us shouldn’t have if in fact he comes under pressure. My guess is he will shout “freedom of the press”, and get a pass from his liberal-commie pals in charge.
  
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BasketFullOfPuppies
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:56pm
Now, David… Just don’t do it again. We realize that you do important work and that you need a little freedom to practice that journalism that you do. Oh, and as soon as we’re done disarming the populace, you should be aware that we’re coming after your freedom of speech and press, too. So, enjoy it while you can… you dumb POS.

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- YAHSHUARULES
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 7:35pm
  This is not journalism. Journalism for the most part has died and thanks to the influence of Fabians, Frankfurt School and Willi Munzenberg, John Dewey have created Gramscian Shock troops of the future to train journalists to interpret events not report facts. All for a people being trained for a collective, dependency mindset based on identity politics of “ism’s” where a socialist or communist is behind everyone of them.
  
  Gun control is just one of the weapons to change this culture in a way that it can NEVER be changed back again:
  
  All part of the Agenda to create an America so corrupt it stinks and to drive this culture in a direction designed to destroy it. If you don’t know all this you need to find out!
  This is the most comprehensive, best movie I have seen pulling all this
  together. Watch it. Share it. It is free on line for the moment
  https://vimeo.com/52009124
  
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thibx
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:51pm
oboma would claim executive priviledge.

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randy
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:49pm
Is it just me? Or does anyone else have a problem with the White House petition site?
Seems just like the Germans turning their Jewish neighbors in during WWII…
I’m betting it won’t be long before you see the White House “Turn a Christian in” site up and running.

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- BasketFullOfPuppies
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:58pm
  Personally, I wouldn’t go near that site with a 10 foot pole. The government doesn’t care what I think. If they did, he wouldn’t have run for reelection.
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 7:15pm
  It ain’t just you. But you have to admit some of them are funny to read/watch in the “press”. I won’t be seen anywhere on those petitions as I is smart enough to know Obama will A) Do nothing, and more importantly B) have a tidy little list of enemies.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 7:17pm
  @RANDY
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:49pm
  I’m betting it won’t be long before you see the White House “Turn a Christian in” site up and running.
  ——————————–
  Actually they’ve already had something similar to that awhile back ——
  
  Obama Thug Administration: Spy, Report on Your Neighbor even their “through casual conversations”
  http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/08/obama-thug-adminsitration-spy-report-on-your-neighbor-even-their-through-casual-conversations.html
  
  “If you see anybody publicly opposing President Obama’s plan to implement a government-centric overhaul of the health care system, the White House wants you to report that person (or persons) ASAP.”
  
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- Baerlin
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 7:23pm
  I wouldn’t sign a petition where I have to register with the white house first. I’d be added to their list and then comes the knock at the door in the middle of the night. Like people say “S… happens”
  
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- 1776freedomofspeech
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 7:50am
  Yes I was thinking about how weird it was to see the petitions showing up. Further destruction of USA unity and an additional divisiveness tool to use against the American people.
  
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The-Monk
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:42pm
NBC has probably already been registered as its own Country or something similar for years giving its building and staff diplomatic immunity.

I really wouldn’t be surprised by anything at this point in time.

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- ree758
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 7:29pm
  The SEIU and NBC are exempt from the healthcare law and gun laws
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:11pm
  Hi MONK, I know that this will not go anywhere, and is basically for show. But, you have to admit that it is funny.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:44pm
  Hi RJJ,
  
  Oh yeah, I hope DG is not covered and NBC turns their back on him.
  
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Stelex
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:40pm
I live on the MA NH boarder………If I drive into MA with so much as a casing, empty mag, or even part of a mag. I could easily get a year in jail. This hypocritical pos should be subject to the same laws. I have to know witch back roads and highways even touch MA. If I get pulled over and have anything on me I’m toast. David Greagory broke the law……….He Must Pay. As I would in his place.

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- BasketFullOfPuppies
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:51pm
  Maybe now, he might understand how hard it is to keep up with all of the stupid laws that are already in place.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:35pm
I’m no fan of Gregory’s but how can he be guilty of violating an illegal law? Every ‘gun law’ in DC and every state for that matter is unconstitutional so I don’t see how he could be in violation of an illegal law.
Just because the lawbreakers in DC got together and created a law doesn’t mean it’s constitutional.

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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:35pm
  You’re correct. BUT, we could use this as a lesson for those who believe more gun laws are what is needed. If D.C. will prosecute this man for having something illegal, it just points out the stupidity of gun laws.
  
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M13
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:34pm
He should be investigated for journalistic malpractice.

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NO_MORE_OBAMA
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:33pm
They won’t do a thing about it. He and the democrats are above the law. Liars, cheats and criminals, the entire bunch of them.

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1776freedomofspeech
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:33pm
I am sure David Gregory and NBC are “above the law”. This will be a non event. Only blacks and poor whites get busted by the D.C. police.

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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 7:12pm
  My very thoughts. Between 0bama and Immelt, he can do what he wants.
  
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